Ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad environmental gradients in West-Central Africa: Global and regional comparisons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Boone, J Kauffman ^a   Bhomia, Rupesh K ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CARBON STOCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GABON; LIBERIA; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PLANT HEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; SALINITY; SENEGAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREE; VEGETATION; AFRICA; BIOMASS; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METABOLISM; SOIL; WETLAND;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INTERNATIONALITY; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 85033666052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187749     Document Type: Article

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